It is noisy and hot out inside. A pedestal hurricane fan is used to keep the place cool. The noise at Blue Sea mostly consists of shouts for tea, puffs and biscuits. At the counter, there is a steady flow of customers to pay for tokens, trying hard to decide between patti somosa and jam roll.
Apart from these, Blue Sea is famous for its Irani chai. If a normal Irani chai is not your cuppa, go for the golden chai, it is more milky and creamy.
Blue Sea is in the busy Regimental Bazar with a couple of busy bus stops in the vicinity — Rathifile bus stop and Uppal bus stand are the closest.
A hurried cup of tea at Blue Sea is always a welcome idea. Ali Asgar is the second generation running this Irani Café. He likes the busy days at the café and enjoys watching people drink tea like water. There is no count of the number of cups of tea they sell, nor do they keep an account of the number of customers they draw. What Ali Asgar does know however, is the quantity of milk they buy. “We buy over 80 litres of milk, sometimes more. We begin at 5.30 a.m in the morning and wind up at about 11.30 p.m. When my father started Blue Sea in 1989, the price of a cup of tea was 60 paisa. Now we have to charge Rs 10 per cup,” he says.
Irani chai lovers also love the place because of its central location and the fine biscuits. Has there been any change in the menu since its inception? “None at all, we still sell the egg puffs and jam rolls the way our father did when he started the café,” says Ali.
At Blue Sea
Where: Near Uppal Bus Stand, at the junction before Rathi files bus station
What: One of Secunderabad’s famous Irani cafe
USP:Special tea, jam roll and egg puff
